Published by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime with contributions from the ICRC, the handbook provides holistic and practical guidance on how to avoid overcrowding, to address it where it already …
In recent years, a wide array of new technologies have entered the modern battlefield, giving rise to new means and methods of warfare, such as cyber attacks, armed drones and robots, including …
This WHO publication, to which the ICRC contributed, outlines important suggestions by international experts to improve the health of those in prison and to reduce both the health risks and risks to …
On October 13, the world celebrates Disaster Risk Reduction Day. For this occassion, the ICRC Brussels delegation has produced a short documentary in the framework of its partnership with the …
Statement United Nations, General Assembly, 70th session, Third Committee, item 29 of the agenda, statement by the ICRC, New York, 13 October 2015. As we mark the 15th anniversary of UN Security …
The latest newsletter from our delegation in Myanmar features a variety of articles, including an update on our work across the country, more on our response to help flood-affected communities, and …
On 29 September the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Australia hosted a symposium in Canberra to explore the relevance of international humanitarian …
Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced by the armed conflict in north-east Nigeria. The ICRC is significantly scaling up its efforts to help them, bringing food, essential household …
This booklet explains how the ICRC helps vulnerable migrants and their families around the world. It details our approach and describes what we, together with National Societies, do to help protect …
Struggling with frequent water cuts, residents of Syria's battered city of Aleppo have a new way to find the water needed for their daily lives - an interactive map on mobile phones. Full article on …
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Created in 1863, the ICRC library, alongside the ICRC archives, provides an indispensable documentary reference on the organization itself and international humanitarian law.
International humanitarian law is based on a number of treaties, in particular the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols, and a series of other instruments.
Customary international humanitarian law consists of rules that come from "a general practice accepted as law" and that exist independent of treaty law.
